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A. W. SAVAGE. MAGAZINE P'IRBAR M.

Patented Feb. 7, 18.03`

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A. W. SAVAGE.-

MAGAZINE PIRBARM.

Patented Feb. 7, 1893.

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MAGAZINE PIREARM.

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ARTHUR lV. SAVAGE, UF UTICA, NEYV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO J. MORRIS CHILDS, RICHARD S. REYNOLDS, AND EDlVlN l1. RISLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 491,138, dated February 7, 1893.

Application filed February Z3, 1892- Serial No. 422,402. (No model To @ZZ 107110721, it may concern:

lle it known that. l', ARTHUR XV. SAX/AG E, oi Utica, in the county of Oneida and State ot New York, have invented certain new and Some o Y the more salient. points oijny im;

proved lirearin consist in providing an arm adapted fo1..eporting and military purposes and adapted to use modern ammunition, and zo which combine the advantages ot .a hannner less gun with a mal tzino capable of being used as a single loader without reference to whether the maigrir/,intl is full or empty, and providing a magazine which brings the ear- ?5 tridges therein into such relative position that they are noty liable to explode one another, besides providing' manyoiher features of utility and novelty which will be apparent to those skilled in the art', as they follow the 3o description.

ln the drawings which accompany and form part of this spectication and in which similar letters and numerals ot` reference refer to correspondingr paris in the several figures, Figure l shows a top view of the t'ratne portion et my gun including a small portion ot the borrel and a portion oi` thc stock. Fig. 2 shows the saine parts shown in Fig. l from the side. Fig. 3 shows the same parts shown 4o in Figs. l and from the bottom. Fig. i

shows a longitudinal section taken on a central line of the frame, stock and barrel, and a portion of the working parts, and exhibiting.;` the working parts as they would appear with the lett hand side of the gun removed, the working parts being in the position which they assume when the breech is open and the magazine is parliallfilled with cartridges and a cartridge is about to be introduced into 5o the barrel. Fig. 5 shows partial longitudinal section'of the breech-holt, expo. ing to iig-uros of reference marked thereon, which view the tiring-pin and tiring-pin spring and thc L shapcd rear end of the tiring-inn, in connection with the seer and trigger in their proper relative positions, It, also shows-the extractor. Fig. (i show's n. rear end viewof the breech-bolt and firing pin. Fig. 7 shows,

in detail, a portion of the breecn-bolt insec-` t-ion and a portion in f ull lines, in conne@ tion with the rear Lshaped end et the tiring 6o pin, a portion ot the tiring-pin spring, and a section ot' the sleeve on which the extractor is inounted, the brcceh-hl00k` being turned. on the firing-pin as a pivot to open the parts and better exhibit the construction. 6r, Fig. S is a companion View of Fie'. i, showing the saine parts in the position which they assuine immediately after the gun iias'lcen tired. Fig. t) shows, in side and end elevation, the end of the arm of the operating lever. 7o Fig. lO showsaherizontal section ot the frame, exposing; to View from the top, the working parts ot the gun. Fig. l'i shows a `section taken on line A-ll of Fig. S with the breechr' block in tiring position and the magazine snbstant ially filledwvith cartridges, the cart-ridges 'being shown'in full as from 'the base or rear enLl. Fig. l2 showsl a section taken on line CMI) of Fig. 4 the breech being open and tire eartridgeabont to be introduced into the-bar- Se rel. The cartridges are shown in i'ull iincs. Fig. lo shows a section taken similarto Fig.

2, with modified form of iinigziziiiecorel Fig. it showsl the saine section as Fig. 12, looking; from the barrel side of thc section in which the end et the breech-block isseen and the bullet end of the cartridge, which is shown in full lines. Fig. l5 shows, in the portionoi the ligure marked ct a section of 'the frame in section, in .connection with the 9o cartridge retainer and the cartridge held in the magazine by the4 retainer and the cartridge introduced into the breech-opening` and also held by the retainer against the frame. 'lhe right hand or i) portion of the 95 figure shows the magazine cartridge and the retainer, as seen troni the lett side oi' theother portion of the Figure. Fig. 16 shows at o, a

front ond view of the cartridge retainer, in connection with the magazine cartridge'held -ioo by the retainer -and the spring for opcifziting r4the retainerLand in the right hand; orlbportion of the figure are also shown the same cartridge and retainer in the same relative position as seen from the left ofthe other portion of Fig. i6. Fig. 17 shows at c, an end view of the magazine, cartridge and cartridge retainer in the next position from that shown in Fig. le, after the cartridge has been advanced a little by the advancing breech-block and the I portion of Fig. 17 shows in side elevation, as seen from the left of Fig. 17, the same cartridge and retainer in the saine relative position. In this position the ball end of the cartridge is about to enter the barrel. ure may also show the position of a vcartridge introduced into the breech-opening and not having come from the magazine. Fig. 1S shows at Z), a top view olf` the breech-bolt and cartridge extractor mounted thereon, in connection with a cartridge which has been advanced hy the hreeclrbolt partially'into the barrel and also in con ncction with a top view ot the cartridge retainer. Fig. 18 also shews at u, a side View of a portion of the breeclrhlock, cartridge and cartridge 'ti-actor, shown in the other portion of the figure.' Fim'. it) shows a top view of a portion of the breech-holt and cartridge extractor in connecten with a cartridge shell just withdrawn from the barrel and engaged with the cartring;4 ^;e tor provided onv the cartridge retainer, a top vieu of which is shown. Fig. it) shows in side elevation at c and in crossser-tion at I; the cartridge advancing eore shown in Fig. lli in connection with the cartridge advancing leaf, figured or numbered projections or flanges, and a portion of the frame on which the parts are mounted. Fig. 2l shows at d and I) respectively, the same parts shown in Fig. 2l) in a changed position. Fig. 22 shows at c and b respectively a longitudinal vertical section of the device shown in Fig. 20, and an end view of thel saine. Fig. 225 shows a partial longitudinal section 0f the firing-pin and a partial longitudinal. section of the breech-bolt in connection with the rear portion of the firing pin, the eartridge extractor' and section of the sleeve on which the extractor is mounted.

Referring more particularly to the reference numerals and letters marked on the drawings in a more spccitic description of the device, l. indicates the barrel which is screwthread'ed into the frame 2 in the usual manner and which francois provided with a stock 2i, also in the usual manner. Vluder the barrel is provided a tip-stock 4.'

In the frame at the end 5 of the barrci is provided an opening ti into the magazine, in which slides hrecch-holt 8 which, when in tir ing position adapted to close the opening() in the frame. Beneath the opening G is provided the magazine within the frame which consists essentiallyy ot a cylindrical opening in the frame provided with a wall 7 curved in cross-section, the wall constituting a portion of the frame.

Within the magazine is provided a par- This fig-v tiaily revolving cartridge advancing core x, which is provided With a following` fiange or cartridge advancer 13 preferably with an inclined face inciining upward toward the muzzie of the gun (Fig. 20, o.) adapted to engagethe cartridges Withinxthe magazine and force them up to the point Where they are acted upon by the bolt to introduce thein into the barrel. The cartridge advancingcore may also oe provided with a lseries ot' projections as 13* which wiil separate the several cartridges contained Within the magazine. The cartridge advancing core is mounted upon shaft or spindle l5 (see Fig. 22) which is providedfwith enlarged plate head 1G adapted to A The cartridge advancing core is provided 'l at its rcarend with a circular tiange if) engaging within a circular recess 20 in thediaphragm plate .21 of the fram-e. Thefppite end of lthe cartridge advancing core is'provided. with a circular figured disk which is provided with numbers or characters on its periphery which are successively presented at opening l2 in the frame. (See Fig. 2.) The numbers or characters are so arranged on the disk l1 that it will indicate, by means of the figure or character presented at the opening l2 the number of cartridges contained in the magazine. The tension of the spring 1S which advances the cartridges out ofthe curved, elongated magazine, is adjusted by removing tip-stock 4 and the screw 17 and inserting a screw driver in the slotted opening in the head shown in Fig. 22 and then turning this screw-driver a11d^vfiiicling the spring to the desired tension, after which the screw 17 is inserted in any onf,` of the series of openings provided in the head 1G, some openings boing shown in dotted lines in. Fig. 22. Keys instead of screws may be employed.

The cart-ridges areA placed into the magazine through the opening 6 and vas theya'ro placed into the magazine sidewise one after the other, the cartridge advancing core With leaf 13 and the cartridge advancing core and flange arc backedup against the tension of the spring until the leaf engages projectingl flange 42 (Fig. 1t), extending intothe curved chamber. The cartridges are retained in the magazine try-"cartridge retainer 27 whichconsists of a ver-tical swinging arm having a IOL pivotal projection 28 at it-s lower end adapted to engage in opening 2S provided in the diaphragm plate 2l or the frame. Attho upper end the retainer is provided with a sub- 4o is provided with :e line of the barrel and being lower than horizontal portions of the arm kfor engaging the rirn of the cartridge. This flange is also prod vided with a slight depression in its under surface and right hand edge as shown in Fig.

i5 15 adapted to receive the rim of a cartridge.

lt will also be noticed thatthe horizontal projecting holder 3l has an upper-.shoulder or shelf y. The breech-bolt slides or reciprocates in its ways directly over the shoulder y :I: of the retainer and is adapted to act against tircain tace 29 of the cart-ridge retainer (shown in Fig. 18h) as it advances from its most retracted position, which causes the cartridge retainer arm 28' to be moved asideinto the recess 28C out of the line ot movement of the breech-blocl:, the breech-block moving in line with the barrel. The ycartridge retainer is projcctedinto its forward position in the line et travel et the br eech-bleck when said n.blcci; issretraeied by spring'@ Fig. lr6) acting against the wall of the magazine or frame.

Gn the cartridge retainer arm 281 l provide the ejector stop ahwhieh consists of a projection from the inner .surface of the retainer 35 and adapted te engage the rim ot the cartridge shell as the cartridge is withdrawn from the barrel into the breech-opening. The shell is retracted by the extractor mounted en the breech-block which extractor a hook 26 adapted to engage theiiange of the cartridge.

To permit the breeclrblocl; to play freely to and fro through the breech-opening and also te allow the ejector step 4l. to be in po vsition to engage the rear of thecartridgc,tl\c

breeclrbloclt is provided with a longitudinal groove llaa-long its side, the ejector stop traversing the groove J:he breech-block is advanced or retracted. IThebreeclrblocli is progo vided with a cup-shaped end adapted to engage the end or" the cartridge the rim forming the cup being cut out in several places to permit theintroducticu of the cartridge extractor the use of other parts hereinafter pointed @un It is also provided with a central perfoation in the end through which the ring pin teint is adapted to play,`to explode the car- 'idge The remaining portion of the body i t ie brceclrblock is provided with a chamr to receive the tiring-pin li3 and tiringspring 46"'. rThe rear end of the chamber closed by sleeve 25 surrounding the firpiirand on which'is secured the extractor rlhe sleeve islhel'd rigidly in the breechifo-ch by pin or key not shown. The firing fin provided with a removable point 45 ,rhie-h is screwed onto the point end ot thc pin.- The Iiringpin spring is confined between the shoulder of the removable point and shoulder 46 of the sleeve 25 (see Figs. 5 and 23). The inner rear portion of the breechblock consists ofan L-shaped projection 8 which projects somewhat to the sido of the rear end ofthe breeclrblock to utilize the` room within the frame.

1n the L v-shaped portion 'Si ot' the breechblock, I provide an angular cam groove 32 adapted to receive projection 33 0n the end of curved lever arm 3ft of operating lever 36 which lever 36is pivoted at 35 to a projection on the underside of the frame. The free endl swings below the frame and forms the trigger guard. The tiring-pin is also provided with an Lshaped projection 43 at its rear end, which projection is provided with a cani face' 57 adapted to be engaged by projection 60 onfl 2:

the end ot operating lever arm. 34: (see Fig. 9). The cam face 57 is preferably arranged to be about a sixteenth of an inch in advance 'of the rear face of4 'groove 32 of the breech-bleek,

so that as-thc operating lever is moved ,-towl draw back the breech-block the firing`l pin will be acted on first and held back while the breech-block and firing-pin are being drawn baci; or projected forward by the operation of the lever arm 3l, thus withdrawing the tiri.

incgpin from the face of the breech-block lso as not to allow it to become engaged with and explode the cartridge.` ,n

On the outside of the L-shaped projection a3 of the firing-pin is provided a catch prol I jection 47 adapted to be engaged by catch 49 on ilie secr 50 and thus eocking the gun. The secr is pivoted at 40 to a pin securedi'in the frame: on the opposite end of the secr 50 l provide a pin 5l which is engaged by tl1cy forked end 52 ol. tho trigger arm 5'7; trigger 53 is pivoted at 5l on a piu secured in thc frame. The trigger is actuated by a spring fcngaging the trigger at 5S and secured at 5G to the frame. :j

In the frame is provided a support 32 'upon which rests i'hc ond of lever arm 3l when the working parts of the gun are in" tiring pesition, forming a locking support t) the rearol". the breech-block when the unisy used. Thot curved lever arm Si is conccntric'with the pivotal pointI 35 'ot the operating lever and is substantially ol unitoriu size in the portion of its length that enters the`chamber of the frame'containing the working parts of tho gun through au opening 37 fitted to receive it therein and being of uniform size keeps the opening also closed, thus excluding dirt and foreign matter from the chamber. lly thc use ot' the curved arm 34, clearance is had between the operating end of the lever and the pivotal point, which space is utilized for working parts of-thc gun. i

The. L shaped wing or arm et the' breechblock is provided with a cam face) adapted to engage againsta pin or ixed pertionlO ot thcgun, wherebya powerful leverage is`obtained, in 'siarti-ngthe cartridge in withdraw,-

ing them from the barrel; this is accomplished by the rising and falling of the rear vof, the breech-block when operated by the mechanism before referred to. There is also provided a safety catch shown in dotted lines at m which slides in a suitable recess in the frame and is adapted to be projected toengage the.' rear end of the trigger so that the trigger@ can not be operated to tire the gun while the catch is in its forward position and-the guny cocked.

Projecting fromvthe inner curved wall ,of' the magazine at the side of the breechopen-j ing, I provide a projection 42 the upper face of Which extends down and in close proximl` ity to the cartridge advancing core of thev magazine chamber and is adapted to raise the cartridges into the breech-'opening as they are forced out of the magazine bythe cartridge advancing core and the lower face' forms a stop against which the'leaf strikes 1n casej On the breech-block is provided a shoulder 3S, which is preferably slightly inclined and is adapted to engage against fixed shoulder 38 in the frame when .the gun is brecchcd up.

At the rear end. of the barrel and in the magazine opening, is provided an inclined face 22 up which the forward ends of the cari .tridges slide, by which they areraised on their passage from the magazine into the barrel. vThe breeching up and locking mechanism are arranged to raise and lower the rear of the breech-blockas already described, and form powerful breeching up qualities in my gun.

The operation of the device is substantially 'as follows: -supposing the breech to be fully opened by the withdrawal of the breech block or bolt to its extreme rear or open position :f The cartridges are introduced into the maga'- zi'ne chamber through the opening 6 one by one, by hand, or byusing a. filler, and asthey are so introduced they pass around and are held by the curved wall 7 of the frame. and

against the tension of spring 18, with their` ends in substantially the same vertical plane. When the magazine is full the last cartridge will be held in the magazine by arm 28 of the retainer engaging the `last cartridge intro-V j duced, or better, by the holding projection 3l engagingthe rim of the cartridge in the magazine. With the magazine thus filled -with carl tridges the gun can be used as 'a single loader by introducing the cartridges into the brecchopening and between the arm 28 of tire retainer and the fixed side of the opening. \Vhen a cartridge is thus introduced, it bears against the arm 281 of the retainer, and thus swings against the resistance of the'spring follower,

so that the upper cartridge in 'the' magazine is removed from lthe path of travel of the breech `block 'in closing. As the breech-bolt is *advanced ,by .operating the lever 36 and its connecting parts, theffront end ofthe breechbolt strikes the cartridge so introduced and forces it into the barrel of the gun thefront end of the vcartridge riding up the incline 22. As the breech-block is advanced, the projection 47 Aof the firing-pin is caught and `held by the projection49- on the seer, and its forward movement is arrested, and as the breech-block completes its closing movement, the firing-pin is helddback into the position shown in Fig. 5, in firing position. As the breech-block completes or nearly completes its movement in introducting the cartridge, the rear end is raised, while advancing by the laction vof the projection 3 3 on curved'arin 34 of the lever, in the slot 32 of the arm of the bolt. This raising of the rear vend of the bolt brings the shoulder 38 of the bolt in front of the shoulder or abutment 38 of the frame, locking the bolt securelyagainst rearwardvmovement. At the same/time-vthelower front corner 'of the L shaped arm ofthe bolt is carried overthe abutment 32 in the frame, locking the boltagainst downward movement, in which case the gun is completely breeched and ready for firing, which is simply done` by pulling the triggerk which releases the catch on the secr-from the catch spring 46 and explodes the cartridge. As the breech=block is placed in its final position be fore tiring, the swinging end of the arm 34 is brought to rest on support 32? ofthe frame and the lower end of vthe cam groove in the breech-block resting n ponprojection 33 of the arm makes, in connection with the sho'ui- .ders 38 and 38a, a rigid backing for the breechbolt. The shoulder 3,8 of the breech-bolt is brought into engagement 'with'shoulder 38 of the lever 34. v After the discharge of the gnu the cartridge shell is vwithdrawn from the barrel by the extractor 25 as the bolt is withdrawn and as the bolt reaches the rear end of the breech-opening or nearly so, the cartridge is engaged on the side by ejector 41, and as the extractor further retreats a short leverage is obtained onthe rear end of the cartridge between the extractor hook and the ejector which throws the cartridge out of the breech opening. As the lever 36 is operated to open the breech of the gun, the first operation of the breech-bolt is a downward one at its rear ond, which movement causes tl e cam face 39 thereon 'to engage against fixed/pin 40 in thc -tramo by means of which a G i'wcrful IOC . of the tiring pin, whichis advanced the IIO leveragcis obtained to start the cartridge. The downward movement of the rear end ofthe breech-bolt also disengages shoulders 3S and u As the lever 3G is operated to draw the breech-bolt its first operation on the iiringpin is to draw it slightly back with reference to the breech-boltwhichis effected by the projection 60 thcreofbecoming engaged on cam face 57 of the ring pin which cam face is slightly in advance of the rear cam face of groove 32, as before explained. When the liringpin has been drawn back so that the cam groove of the breech-bolt and the cam face of the firing nin coincide the pin travels with the brcei i-bolt, until the breech-bolt is again advanced, when it is caught by the projection on the secr as before stated, and the gun is left locked. In fcase no cartridge is intro duced into the breechrcpening before the breech-bolt is advanced the first cartridge in the magazine next to the breeclropening will be in the position shown in Fig. 41G, inwhich case the edge of the head of the cartridge projects slightly into the path of the breech bolt in closing, and is caught by the end of the advancing breeclrbolt as it passes over shonldery of the retainer, the cartridge is advanced to the position shown in i7 when it becomes disengaged from the holder projection 3l and is raised by the'next succeeding cartridge in the magazine or the cartridge advancer, into a position in front of the breech-boit, and as the breech-bolt ad- `faunes the cartridge is forced up the incline 22 and into the barrel of the gun. If it is desired to close the breech leaving cartridges in the magazine, without loading the gun, it is only necessary to press the retainer slightly to one side by hand, when the retainer presses baclr all the cartridges in the magazine slightly, and the bolt will pass by the upper car tridge without forcing it from the magazine. lVhat I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is;

In a gun, the frame, the longitudinally moving bolt, the abutment in the frame in front of which the bolt swings in a sectoral plane in locking and unlocking, and a cam surface on the boltacting againstatlxed abutment in the frame to retire' the bolt slightly during its sectoral movement i'n unlocking, all combined substantially as described.

2. The frame, the boltr having a longitudinal movement therein and swinging to locked position from a center of movement at its front, a cam surface on said bolt, andan abutment in the frame against which the cam surface acts, and a lever connected to the frame and operating on the bolt to swing and retire the same, in combination sulistautia-lly as described.

The bolt having a side wingr at its rear end, said wing having an inclined surface, the frame having an abutment against which the rear of the bolt swings in an are struck y from the frontot the bolt in locking, and a second abutment against which the inclined` surface on the wing of the bolt bears in unA locking, andmeans for swinging and reciprocating the bolt, all combined substantially as described.

4. The reciprocating bolt, the framehaving an abutment against which the rear of the bolt swings in locking, anda second abutment against which the side of the bolt rests at the completion of its swinging movement, and means for operating said bolt, all in combination.

5. The reciprocating bolt, having a bottom extension at itl' ita-r, the frame having an abutment at its t .p against which the rear of the bolt swings in locking and an abutment below the bolt against which the bottom of the boit extensionrests when locked, and the operating lover hung in the frame and connected to the extension ot' the bolt, all in combination substantially as described.

6.y The reciprocating bolt having a rear eX- tension and a cam face in said extension, the

tiring pin carried bysaid boltand also havingv a rear extension with a cam face ot' a differ ent inclination, and the operating lever having projections engaging the cams on the firing pin and bolt, to retire the firing pin slightly in advance of the bolt movement, all combined substantially as described.

' 7. The frame and the reciprocating brush block therein, the lever pivoted to the frame and having a curved arm thereon projecting upward and forward concentric with the lever pivot, the said breech block having a cam surface operatively engaged by said curved arm of the lever, and an abutment in the frame against which said arm rests when the lever is in closed position, all combined substantially as described. y

S. The frame and reciprocating bolt thercin, the lever pivoted to the frame and having an arm with operative engagement with the reciprocating bolt, and a solid 'abut-ment IOO against which the forward portion ofthe lever arm comes to rest when the bolt is in closed f position, in combination substantially asl described. K

9. The frame and reciprocating bolt therein, the lever pivote'd to the frame and having a curved arm concentric with its -pivot and extending forward into operative engagement with the bolt, and an abutment in the frame against which the front end of the curved'arm bears when the bolt is closed, all combined substantially as described.

10. In a gun, the magazine having curved walls, the cartridge advancing core having a folle-ver or wing connected thereto, a spiral spring connected to a shaft within the core and to the core, said shaft havinga head with a series of holes into either of which a retaining dcvice may extend and thus regulate the initial tension of the spring.

11. The magazine having curved wall, the

central core and a spring bearing on the same to"'rotateffis, and a rigid wing on said core and inclined transversely to the axis of` the gun tialiy as' described.,

in all positions of said wing, substantially as described.

12. In a gun, the magazine having curved Walls substantially as described, the cartridge advancing core smaller in diameter toward the front than toward the rear,an d means for rotating said core, all combined snbsarr 1 13. n a gun the magazine having curved Walls, the cartridge advancing core, `and the cartridge retainer pivoted in the frame "nel low the center thereof and having a detent for the cartridges, in combination, substantially as described, .v

14. The magazine having eurvedwall and a follower, the retainer' pivoted below the bolt and havinga holderor detent extending over the upper cartridge, and an arm on said retainer above said detent, and in the path of movement of the breech piece, all in combination substantially as described.

15. The magazine having curved Wall and spring-actuated follower, 'he retainer pivo'ted in the frame and having a detent extending over the rearend only of the cartridge, and eanifaee on the retainer in position to ee engaged by the breech eee" in j elosi'ngmll'sirbstantially ari/"described 16. In a gun, 'the 'magazine with cireiilar wall, the retainer pivoted .low in the frame and having adetent extending over thel rear of the cartridges below thejoolt', and an arm projectingalongside ofy and nearly parallel with the bolt, the parte in combination sul); stantially as described.

eemee pressed back by a cartridge in the receiver in loading position, whereby the cartridges in the magazine are 'slightly retired, all combined substantially as described.

18. The combination with the magazine havingr a follower therein, of the movable reltainer having a detent proj eeting ever the rear end of the cartridges, an arm extending about parallel with the bolt, and avspring' bearing Said retainer im 7ard the bolt, all substantially as described.

19-` ,The1 frame having the in agazine with curved walls' and the' projecting floor overhanging one side thereof and havingrecesses "therein, and the cartridge advancing eore having projections to extend between the eartridgesand to move through said recesses, all combined substantially as described.

20. The combination with the magazine and reciprocating bolt, of the movabierretaifl'er at the monili of the magazine and the shell ejector thereon, substantially as described.

'lirwvit'ness whereof I have affixed mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN BOOTH, RICH, A. GEORGE. 

